{"id":1783,"date":"2010-05-18T08:51:24","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T15:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2010-05-18T09:44:21","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T16:44:21","slug":"the-long-short-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2010\/05\/18\/the-long-short-of-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long & Short of It"},"content":{"rendered":"
[Hardcore]<\/p>\n
The long and Short of it \ncaw! : an unkindness of ravens<\/i><\/h3>\n
review by Dan Clark<\/b><\/p>\n
When the words \u201cCalifornia\u201d and \u201chardcore\u201d are out together in a sentence bands such as Black Flag and the Dead Kennedys come to mind, after listening to San Diego band \u201cThe Long and Short of it All\u201d I will never make that assumption again. The Long and Short or of it all (TLSOA) can best be related to Washington\u2019s punk band of the 1980s if they played reggae and punk at the same time in the same song than The long and Short of it all would sound exactly the same. The only break downs that the band has seem to be written with Bob Marley and Reggae music in mind. Although not many things can be said about them they are a very musical band that knows what it takes write a melodic song. The drums seem to keep the guitarist and bass player in time with each other while adding a personal flare in a fill what seems to be every other measure, which is refreshing to hear today where most hardcore drummers play virtually the same beat throughout the entire song. The bass and guitar players of the band will play the typical chugging that you hear in most hardcore today, but will suddenly jump into a reggae pop riff when you don\u2019t expect it. The only thing that is not musical in the band is the vocalist which can be said about most hardcore bands. However most hardcore vocalist at least write lyrics to match the music, though the timing between the music and the lyrics yelled and sometimes sung don\u2019t seem to match up. This may be a good band, this may be bad band, either way they are a very interesting band who writes hardcore rock (which sounds more like reggae than rock) and they deserve a shot. I will credit vocalist Ben Johnson with writing about society which a lot of bands tend to veer away from these days. The song ABDOEL is about people worshiping the actors and actresses of Hollywood. They have a new CD out entitled \u201cThe long and Short of it caw! : an unkindness of ravens\u201d which a few of those songs can be viewed on their Myspace including the band\u2019s recently released video for their song \u201cTurtle Island 2012\u201d. Ultimately they have a very unique sound which can\u2019t be said of most hardcore bands and if you like the songs \u201cBanned in DC\u201d and \u201cI love Ja\u201d by the Bad Brains, you will like this band. \n